FELLOWS
Many artists and great thinkers who are cat lovers are considered Present
Fellows of the Academy of Magical Cats; among them, in Italy:
Giordano
Alberghini, manager, inventor of the Academy of Magical
Cats, Francesco Antonini, Emeritus Professor of Gerontology
e Geriatry of the University of Florence, Giorgio Armani,
designer, Maurizio Calvesi, critic and historian of
arts, fellow of the Academy of Lincei, Mario
Canciani, bible scolar and writer, Alberto Caramella,
poet, founder of the Fiore Foundation, Franco Cardini,
historian, Director of the History Department of the University of Florence,
Carma, painter and poet, Pietro Citati,
writer, Giorgio
Celli, entomologist,writer,
Deputy to the European Parliament, Antonio
Ciccone, painter, Ferdinando Codognotto,
painter, Roberto de Simone, composer and director,
Gianfranco
de Turris, writer and RAI journalist, Sergio Donadoni,
archaeologist, Emeritus Professor of Egiptology of the University "La
Sapienza" of Rome, Vittorio Feltri, journalist,
writer, Ada
Gentile, composer, Assistant-director of the Conservatory
of "Santa Cecilia" in Rome, Bruno Lauzi,
songwriter, Silvana Lonardi, painter, Danilo
Mainardi, etologist and writer, teacher of the University
"Ca' Foscari" of Venice, Antonio
Manzi, painter, sculptor, Dacia Maraini,
writer, Milena
Milani, writer, Gino
Paoli, songwriter, Antonio
Paolucci, Superintendent for the "Polo Museale Fiorentino",
Ippolito Pizzetti, writer, garden architect, Fulco
Pratesi, President of the WWF Italy, Carla
Rocchi, anthropologist, Deputaty to the Italian Parliament,
Girolamo Sirchia, doctor, Ex-Minister of Health
of the Italian Government, Claudio Strinati,
Superintendent for the "Polo Museale Romano", Piero
Tosi, theatrical and cinematographic wardrobe master, Franca
Valeri, actress and director, Alessandro
Vezzosi, historian of arts and Director of the "Museo
Ideale Leonardo da Vinci", Sergio
Zavoli, journalist, writer, Senator of the Italian Republic.
A dense group of fellows of the Academy is in France, Germany, Holland,
Great Britain, Belgium, Marocco and Japan: Andrea Anderman,
director and producer, Brigitte Bardot, actress, Alain
de Benoist, historian, essay writer, Yves
Berger, writer, Donald Engels, historian
of the cat, writer, teacher of history in the University of Arkansas,
Erle Stanley Gardner, thriller writer, Gerhard
Goebel, writer, philologist and musician, Louis Godart,
archaeologist, fellow of the Academy of Lincei, Jeanna Louis
de Grain Court, writer, journalist, Joanna Hair,
sculptor, P.D James, thriller writer, Anne
Lan, painter on silk, Marc Laudelout,
essay writer, Walter Rainer Leonardt, painter, Pierre
Monnier, essay writer, José
Moinaut, songwriter, writer, Dedé
Moser, etcher and painter, Evelyne Nicod,
etcher, Serge Perrault, dancer, Philippe Ragueneau,
writer, Colette
Romain, poet, Ruth Rendell, thriller writer,
Michelle Saquin, curator of the National Library of
France, Yukari Saito, writer, Marie Tuffreau,
archaeologist, painter and poet, Denis C. Turner, ethologist
and writer, Fran
Venet, painter, Frédéric Vitoux,
writer, fellow of the Academy of France.
The Senate of Present Fellows of the Academy may consider itself the
INTELLIGHENZIA OF CAT CULTURE.